Borderline Falls
Borderline Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 549 m. Big Snow Mountain stands 2,036 m to the south-southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Immigration Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 6.1 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 4.0 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lunch Rock · 11 mi
- Twin Tunnels landmark · 11 mi
- Valley Overlook · 11 mi
- Canyon Falls Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Immigration Falls: 0.7 mi
- Engle Falls: 2.3 mi
- Kanim Falls: 3.4 mi
- Goat Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Florence Falls: 4.3 mi
- Easter Peak: 1.1 mi
- Cleveland Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Lennox Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Temple Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Canoe Peak: 3.2 mi
- Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 4.2 mi
- Skykomish City Ball Park: 4.7 mi
- Baring Community Park: 8.5 mi
- Heybrook Ridge Park: 12.6 mi
- Big Eddy River Access: 16.8 mi
- Caboose: 12.2 mi
- Tubing Park: 17.3 mi
- Amazonia: 19.5 mi
- Actual Cave: 19.5 mi
- Club Paradiso: 19.5 mi
- Old Skykomish Hotel: 4.2 mi
- Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins: 5.2 mi
- Apex Mine Equipment Relics: 5.3 mi
- Nordrum Lookout: 9.5 mi
- Pollalie Ridge Lookout: 16.8 mi
- Spouse Wall: 9.1 mi
- East Quartz Camp: 10.1 mi
- West Quartz Camp: 10.1 mi
- Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 11.5 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 13.3 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 9.4 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Mine Creek: 17.1 mi
- Rockdale Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Deception Falls Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed: 11.4 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 20.7 mi
- Griffin Creek Natural Area: 23.1 mi
- Cottonwood Natural Area: 23.4 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 4.2 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 16.5 mi
- Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 21.3 mi
- Axelilia: 20.5 mi
- Poet's Path: 21.2 mi
- 2003 Centennial Mural: 21.3 mi
- Soaring Moon: 21.3 mi
- Snoqualmie Totem Pole: 21.3 mi
- Alpine: 8.8 mi
- Scenic: 12.5 mi
- Wellington: 15.0 mi
- Rockdale: 18.6 mi
- Monte Cristo: 22.6 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 12.3 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 13.2 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 16.2 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Travelers Rest Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Canyon Spring: 23.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 24.7 mi
- Normandy Beach: 19.4 mi
- Sultan Materials: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Borderline Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Snow Mountain | SSE 166° | 2,036 m | 8.9 mi |
| Otter Point | SE 131° | 1,939 m | 8.7 mi |
| Iron Cap Mountain | SE 141° | 1,935 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wild Goat Peak | SSE 154° | 1,923 m | 8.2 mi |
| Camp Robber Peak | SSE 148° | 1,916 m | 7.2 mi |
| Malachite Peak | SE 127° | 1,908 m | 4.1 mi |
| Tourmaline Peak | SSE 148° | 1,903 m | 8.0 mi |
| Silver Eagle Peak | ESE 122° | 1,902 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:20 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 16.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,613 | 1,398 | 1,534 | 1,689 | 2,981 | 2,327 | 826 | 317 | 267 | 988 | 1,944 | 1,929 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Skykomish River AT Skykomish, WA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12907609294
Day trips start here
- Stevens Pass · 16 mi
- Snoqualmie Pass · 18 mi
- North Bend · 21 mi
- Snoqualmie · 21 mi
- King County · 24 mi
- Monroe · 29 mi
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